I owned this during the formative years, and I feel like I carried it around a lot. Took it places. Like a Pastor who carries around an old Bible. A real buzzkill at family events I'm sure (me and the Pastor).

So I looked the author up and found that he has a site and discusses the book:seymoursimon.com

Very cool. Loved this book. Constantly read it. Drew the monsters in it. And wanted the Martian from War of the Worlds as a pet.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Greys... While there is no denying that these odd creatures are far and away the most famous — or infamous, as the case may be — alien entities to have allegedly
visited our world, the fact remains that they represent only a small
portion of the truly bizarre beings, which people claim to have come into contact with over the decades.

Click below for an interesting look at all the strange things that might stand next to your bed at night:

Spielberg based the story on the Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter,
where a Kentucky family claimed that they had been terrorized by
gremlin-like aliens. Spielberg had heard the story from UFOlogist J.
Allen Hynek while doing research for Close Encounters.In Spielberg’s original treatment for Watch the Skies, eleven
malicious extraterrestrial scientists try to communicate with chickens,
cows, and other livestock in an attempt to discover which of Earth’s
animal species are sentient, before turning their unwelcome attentions
on the human family and dissecting their farm animals.

Maybe it's a good thing this never happened. I'd have a hard time respecting 11 humanoid "scientists" who were interrogating chickens.

Sad news from their Facebook page:Well
the judge's ruling is in! The Haunted Garden has been permanently shut
down. We just want to take a minute to say thank you to all our
supporters, fans, neighbors and patrons that made our 4 year run such an
incredible experience. Please do stay tuned though as we are trying to
figure out our next move. The future is bright though and we are looking
forward to great things!

For anyone who longs for toxic fruitiness from their cereal (with bright and unnatural colors), Post Foods has a limited edition called Summer Berry Pebbles. It brought me back to all the things I loved about fruity cereals from my childhood, like BooBerry and Frankenberry (not the modern versions of those Monster Cereals).